gen. michael barbero and open it up for an exchange with all of you. he was commissioned in the infantry after graduation from the u.s. military academy at west point. in 1976, in addition to every assignment at the tactical level, he has commanded at every grade from lieutenant-colonel to lieutenant-general. as a brigadier general, he commanded one of the combat training centers of the army, the joint readiness training center. as a major general, he commanded the u.s. army infantry center at fort benning, georgia. prior to joining jieedo, he served over three years in three separate tours in iraq where among his many duties he commanded the multinational security transition, and, iraq and training mission in nato. his a master's degree in national-security and strategic studies from the national defense university washington, d.c., is a graduate of the army's command and the school of the advanced military studies program. he has far too many awards for me to list, but you can see it on his chest. i think that should be where i will stop. i am deligh